# Accident 19800211003159A: Cessna 421C, Escondido, CA, February 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1980, 08:24 local time
- Place: Escondido, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1192° N, 117.0864° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Escondido, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1192&lon=-117.0864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15SE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15SE-1981-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 109 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800211003159A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT. PLANE WAS EXPERMINTAL CLASS DUE TO TURBOPROP CONVERSION. ACCIDENT CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX80FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA049), Feb 11, 1980: Riley 421C (N15SE), Escondido, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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